Belt-pin



7 (No Model.)

B. G. CLARK.

'BELT-PIN.

No. 590,358. Patented Sept. 21, 1897.

"F S PEYERS co.. Prim-sumo" WASHINGTON. n c.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFIC BYRON G. CLARK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BELT-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,358, datedSeptember 21, 1897.

. Application fil d December 11,1896. Serial No. 615,336. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON G. CLARK, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Belt-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to belts which are worn by ladies, and has forits object to provide an attachment adapted to be detachably connectedto a belt of this character and to securely connect a skirt with thebelt.

The invention consists in a belt attachment comprising a clamp adaptedto grasp the belt and a combined clamp-locking and skirt-engaging deviceheld in position to lock the clamp on the belt by the weight of theskirt and firmly secured by the clamp to the belt, the wholeconstituting a desirable and efficient substitute for the ordinarybelt-pin generally in use and obviating the disadvantages attending theordinary belt-pin.

The invention also consistsin a belt attachment comprising abelt-engaging clamp having stops formed to bear on the lower edge of abelt, and spurs formed to engage the belt above its lower edge, and askirt-engaging liook supported by said clamp, the stops determining theproper position of the clamp upon the belt.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved belt attachment,the members of the clamp being separated and the clamp-locking andskirtsupporting device raised to the position it occupies when themembers of the clamp are unlocked. Figs. 2 and 3 represent side viewsshowing the parts of the clamp closed upon each other, the clamp-lockingand skirt-engaging device being in the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4represents a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the clamp-locking andskirtsupporting device depressed to the position it occupies whenlooking the members of the clamp together and supporting a skirt. Fig. 5represents a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts inall the figures.

In the drawings, a and a represent two thin sheet-metal plates connectedby a hinge a and adapted to lie side by side in contact with each other,as shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5,

and to be separated, as shown in Fig. 1. The plate a is provided withorifices 2 2, arranged to receive spurs 3 3, which are struck up fromthe plate a and project from the inner side thereof, said spursprojecting through the orifices 2 2 when the plates are closed together.

4 4 represent stops which are formed upon the lower edge of the plate aand project laterally therefrom to bear on the lower edge of a belt 6,thus determining the position of the clamp with relation to said loweredge. Said stops are extended upwardly, their upper ends covering theorifices 2 2 and forming guards for the spurs 3 3. The spurs 3 areintended to engage or penetrate a belt I), near the'lower edge of thesame, the plates a abeing placed upon the inner side of the belt, whilethe stop-guards 4 pass under the lower edge of the belt and projectupwardly upon the outer side of the belt, over the points of the spurs,as shown in Fig. 5, the plates a a being thus firmly secured to thebelt.

The plates (4 a, with their appendages above described, may beconsidered a clamp adapted to grasp or engage a belt. One of the members,of the clamp is the plate a, with its orifices 2 and stop-guards 4,while the other member is the plate a, with its spurs 3.

0 represents a combined clamp-locking and skirt-engaging device, which,as here shown, comprises a wire slide composed of a neck or cross-bar 6,arms 7 7 connected by said cross-bar, and pointed hooks 8 8, formed onthe ends of said arms. The arms '7 '7 are fitted to slide in eyes orguides 9 9, formed on the plate a, and the hooks 8 8 are offset from theplate a, so that when the clamp is applied to a belt the hooks projectinwardly from the clamp, as shown in Fig. 5, and are in position toengage a skirt at a point under the belt I). The said clamp-locking andskirtengaging device 0 is adapted to slide vertically from the positionshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 to that shown in Fig. 4, and in so doing isbrought into engagement with bent or offset ears 1O 10, which are formedon the plate a, said ears projecting into an opening 12 in the plate awhen the plates are brought together, so that they are in position toengage the cross-bar 6 when the same is depressed to the position shownin Fig. 4. This engagement of the cross-bar 6 with the cars 10 10securely locks the plates a a together and prevents their separation.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The lower edge of the belt is first inserted beat this time raised, asshown in Figs. 1, 2, and

3. The device 0 is then pushed downwardly till the cross-bar 6 engagesthe ears 1O 10, thus locking the plates a and a together, so that thespurs 3 cannot become disengaged from the belt. The hooks 8 8 are thenengaged with the skirt, said hooks projecting upwardly 011 the innerside of the belt in position to engage the skirt and support its weight.

It will be seen that the weight of the skirt upon the hooks 8 8 tends tohold the crossbar 6 in engagement with the ears 1O 10. Hence there is noliability of the displacement of said cross-bar and the accidentalunlocking of the clamp.

The cross-bar 6 is preferably provided with a loop or ofiset, whichprojects between the cars 10 10 sufficiently to enable the cross-bar tobe conveniently raised to unlock the members of the clamp when it isdesired to remove the device from the belt.

I prefer to make the described device in three parts, one of which isthe plate a, which is made integral with the hinge a the stopguards 4t 4and cars 10 10 all being struck up from one piece of metal. vAnotherpart is the plate a, which is made integral with the spurs 3 3 andguides 9 9 and has a slot 13 to receive the hinge (1 the latter being anear formed on one end of the plate a and bent to embrace the bar on theplate a, forming the outer wall of the slot 13. the device 0, which, asalready stated, is made of a single piece of wire.

It will be seen that by providing the beltengaging clamp with stopsformed to bear on the lower edge of the belt I am enabled to correctlylocate the clamp with relation to the lower edge of the belt, thusadapting the device to abelt of anywidth, no engagement of the clampwith the upper edge of the belt being necessary.

I claim- 1. A belt attachment comprising a belt-en- The third part isgaging clamp having stops formed to bear on the lower edge of a belt,upwardly-projecting extensions on said stops arranged to bear on theouter side of the belt, said clamp and ex tensions being separated by aspace which is open at the upper ends of the extensions, whereby theclamp is adapted to engage abelt of any width, and spurs formed toengage the belt above its lower edge, and a skirt-engaging hooksupported by said clamp.

2. A belt attachment comprising abelt-engaging clamp having stops formedto bear on the lower edge of a belt, and spurs formed to engage the beltabove its lower edge, said stops having upwardly-projecting extensionsserving as guards for the spurs, and a skirtsupporting hook supported bysaid clamp.

3. A belt-pin comprising a clamp adapted to grasp or engage the belt,and a movable clamp-locking device having means for engaging a skirt andadapted to be held in position to lock the clamp by the weight of theskirt.

4:. A belt attachment comprising two hinged plates or members, onehaving a belt-engaging spur and the other a guard for said spur, a slideon one of said members having skirtengaging hooks, and ears or detentson the other member arranged to be engaged by said slide.

5. A belt attachment comprising a sheetmetal plate having extensionsbent upwardly at one side of the plate and forming hooked guards adaptedto receive one edge of a belt, and offset ears or detents projectingfrom the opposite side of the plate; another sheetmetal plate hinged tothe first-mentioned plate and provided with spurs coinciding with saidguards, an opening formed to receive said detents, and guides atopposite sides of said opening; and a slide comprising par-.

allel arms fitted to slide in said guides, hooks formed on said arms,and a cross-bar connecting the arms and adapted to engage said detents.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 2d day of December, A. D.1896.

BYRON G. CLARK.

Vitnesses:

O. F. BROWN, A; D. HARRISON.

